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Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales Early Life born c. 1340 son of a prosperous wine merchant learned Latin, Greek, French,…

Geoffrey Chaucer -Born between 1340-1343 in London -Father was a middle-class wine merchant -Geoffrey became a page in the royal household while still a teenager -The position…

Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340～1400), the most prominent literary figure in Middle English period is “ the father of English poetry ” . * * He was born of…

Slide 1The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer by: 1 1340s (ish) - 1400 Slide 2 Middle Ages 22 Emperors became more like kings Feudalism: involuntary peasant labor on lands…